Description: Original description reads: "Building at Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, Butler Co." This may be a rear view of Swing Hall, a residence hall on Tallawanda Road. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_004_001
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Strip cropping shown on an unusually regular type of topography for this area. Erosion had robbed this field of 60 to 70 percent of its top soil when it was all plowed up at once. The slope varies from 15 to 20 percent." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F03_006_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated 1930-1939, this photograph shows first generation Americans in an Americanization course in Dover, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F03_027_001
Subjects: Americanization; Citizenship--America; Education; Immigrants; Ohio Women; Working class women
Places: Dover (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: National colors of the 74th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02029
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B03F516_009tif
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B05F1013_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: Interior of tube mill at Republic Steel Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F41_002
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry; Tube mills
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Republic Steel Corporation Collection (MSS 192) consists of 13,000 black and white photographic negatives, 2,000 color photographic negatives, and many 35 mm slides which document Republic Steel Corporation’s main production facilities and its subsidiaries, 1941-1975. This collection also includes images of social events such as company picnics, award banquets, and dances. Founded in 1899, Republic Iron and Steel Company was a steel production company based in Youngstown, Ohio, and the result of a consolidation of 34 steel mills across the United States including the Mahoning Valley’s Brown Bonnell Iron Company, Andrews Brothers and Company, and Mahoning Iron Company. From 1927-1937, Republic Iron and Steel Company expanded its reach by acquiring a number of other companies such as Trumbull Steel Company in Warren, Ohio, and Central Alloy Steel Corporation in Canton, Ohio. With its expansion, Republic Iron and Steel Company became the third largest steel producer in the United States behind United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Company, and changed its name to Republic Steel Corporation to reflect its new status. After the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the Corporation’s production increased by 33%. This increased production continued into the 1950s and 1960s as the company continued to be one of the leading developers of steel production technology. Due to a myriad of factors including decreased demand for steel from automobile manufacturers and imported foreign steel, steel sales declined and in 1984 the Republic Steel Corporation was purchased by LTV Corporation, which led to the closure of the Youngstown plant. LTV filed for bankruptcy in December 2000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F110_05
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel industry; Youngstown (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a two workers using a blast furnace drilling salamander. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F27_015
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies
 

Description: Photo titled: "Search for Refugees in Flooded Portsmouth." The caption reads: "Pictured above are two policemen searching for refugees in the flooded city of Portsmouth, Ohio. Flood waters of the Ohio River topped the city's 60-foot wall and covered the low-lying business and residential districts. Many who had scoffed at the threat of flood found themselves imprisoned in the upper stories of their homes, deprived of heat and dangered by influenza. The photo is from the "Portsmouth, Ohio, flood of 1937", SC 381. This collection contains 37 photographic black and white prints, 21 x 26cm or smaller; and 4 postcards in black in white, 9 x 14 cm. Photographs document the flood damage in Portsmouth, including sandbagging, floodwall construction, and WPA rescue efforts. In 1937, southern Ohio faced one of the worst floods in its history, known today as the "Great Flood of 1937." The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February. In Cincinnati, the flood was particularly difficult for the city, where flood levels reached its crest of 79.99 feet on Tuesday, January 26, 1937. Communities along the Ohio River in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois also faced serious problems. Many people lost their homes as a result of the flood. The Ohio River Flood of 1937 caused more than twenty million dollars in damages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: sc381_17_01
Subjects: Floods--Ohio River; Portsmouth (Ohio)--Flood, 1937
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is an illustration from Harper's Weekly of two African Americans entertaining troops by dancing near a campfire during the Civil War. ALTERNATE TEXT: A group of men, about 33 individuals, sit around a campfire at night near a military camp. There are a few men in the four tents, but they are not in focus. Two African American entertainers are near the middle of the make-shift circle. One African American is mid-jump with his arms on his hips. The fiddler, whos face is a stereotypical caricature with missing teeth, sits at the inner edge of the circle to the right side. A drum lays unused near the fiddler. Two men to the bottom right of the circle are playing cards with a piece of paper in between them that read "IOU". There are what look to be marbles around the "IOU" paper. A few of the soldiers are wearing different uniforms and hats, but are intermingled with the Union army troops. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS25A-D_001
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Newspapers
 

Description: This is a bolt of braided straw in a ribbon-like form, wound around a piece of wood. It may have been used for measuring. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73707
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)